I discussed the Cycle of the Past in my last post: rationale, unit structure, lesson plan, etc. The following are texts and exercises to be used when teaching or reviewing the unit. Reading Passage Ben, David’s uncle, called from New York last week. He said he was planning a visit to Israel and would probably…
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Teaching the Passive – Practical Tips
Passive Structures The Passive structures will be taught in context using appropriate, relevant texts. Continuous comparison with Active Structures is strongly recommended. Unit Structure – Junior High In Junior High, I would suggest spending about 3 – 4 lessons on Passive Structures. Lesson 1 Oral Activity introducing the concepts: Active vs Passive. After describing the cartoons, we might have a discussion on…
Teaching Reading Comprehension in Heterogeneous Classes
Teaching Reading Comprehension in heterogeneous classes may prove problematic. It is a serious challenge. Every lesson requires careful planning. The objective is to find a common denominator for all the students and still meet the needs of all or at least most of them, i.e. find a way to enrich the advanced students and enhance…
Reading and Integrating two Texts
Can we work on two texts in the same lesson? Can Reading and Integrating two Texts enhance Reading Comprehension? How can we do that? Let’s divide the class into groups of 4 – 6 students. Half of the groups will be given one text and the other half will get the other text. Both texts…
Improving Reading Comprehension
What else can we do to improve Reading Comprehension? Following many teachers’ requests, I have decided to bring a few more examples on Reading Comprehension as a process. The objective is: Improving Reading Comprehension. I will bring two texts dealing with different aspects of a certain subject. From text to text we will accumulate information…
Beauty, Money and other trifles – Part 2
In my last post I introduced the first aspect of the general subject of this unit: Beauty, Money and other trifles. Today we will discuss another aspect: Credit Cards. Let’s talk about it. What are credit cards? What are the advantages of credit cards? What are the risks involved? How could the risks be reduced?…